Red Hat Errata System 5.3 2008-01-23T07:17:59 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 XFree86 is an implementation of the X Window System, providing the core graphical user interface and video drivers. iDefense discovered two buffer overflows in the parsing of the 'font.alias' file. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a carefully-crafted file and gaining root privileges. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CAN-2004-0083 and CAN-2004-0084 to these issues. Additionally David Dawes discovered additional flaws in reading font files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0106 to these issues. All users of XFree86 are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a backported fix and are not vulnerable to these issues. Red Hat would like to thank David Dawes from XFree86 for the patches and notification of these issues. Important Copyright 2004 Red Hat, Inc. CVE-2004-0083 CVE-2004-0084 CVE-2004-0106 cpe://redhat:enterprise_linux:3